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Cantwell and Pukki benched as both Norwich and Brighton make four changes

Todd Cantwell (£4.6m) and Teemu Pukki (£6.5m) have again been benched by Norwich head coach Daniel Farke for Saturday lunchtime’s key relegation clash with Brighton.

The Canaries haven’t scored in the three matches since Premier League football returned and, as with their recent home defeat to Everton, Farke has rotated the duo with time running out on him finding a winning line-up.

In fact, Pukki has just two goals from 13 starts and Cantwell hasn’t scored or assisted in the league since New Year’s Day. In their place comes Josip Drmic (£5.3m) and Onel Hernandez (£5.3m), alongside Ondrej Duda (£4.5m) and Timm Klose (£4.3m).

Captain Alex Tettey (£4.5m) was forced to step in at centre back for the suspended Klose during Wednesday’s 4-0 defeat at Arsenal, with Grant Hanley (£4.1m) and Christoph Zimmermann (£4.4m) injured for the season. Tettey is now back in his usual midfield spot to partner Kenny McLean (£4.8m).

Brighton are on 33 points and know that a win today will probably see them safe for another season. Graham Potter has also made four changes, with Neal Maupay (£5.7m) rested against Man United but brought back in beside Aaron Connolly (£4.2m).

Adam Webster (£4.4m) missed out on Tuesday because of a hamstring problem but is deemed fit enough to replace Shane Duffy (£4.8m), as Aaron Mooy (£4.7m) and Leandro Trossard (£5.8m) also return to the starting 11.

The Belgian is rotated too much to be a stable Fantasy option but he tends to deliver when playing, opening the scoring when these sides met in November.

Potter continues to put faith in a couple of bargain assets, handing Connolly his third consecutive start. The 20-year-old is the game’s cheapest striker and has scored twice this season.

January deadline day signing Tariq Lamptey (£4.0m) played all 90 minutes of Brighton’s clean sheet at Leicester and half of the defeat to Man Utd, offering a great differential option for those wanting to Wildcard.

Norwich XI (4-2-3-1): Krul; Aarons, Godfrey, Klose, Lewis; Tettey, McLean, Buendia, Duda, Hernandez, Drmic

Brighton and Hove Albion XI (4-4-2): Ryan; Lamptey, Dunk, Webster, Burn; Bissouma, Mooy, Propper, Trossard; Maupay, Connolly

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  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    No surprises from Ole.

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Greenwoodinho?

  2. Rotation's Alter Ego
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pogba and Fernandes both starting for Man United against Bournemouth.

    Rob Dawson on Twitter

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Well done the Mirror

    2. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Who's Ron Dawson?

  3. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pens down 🙂

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pogba and Bruno start for united

  5. Wizard of Ozil
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Brighton are woeful. They should be putting Norwich out of their misery ASAP. They’re sleepwalking and allowing Norwich to come back for a point.
    About time more players took an actual shot on Target instead of faffing around side to side

    1. In Like Flynn.
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      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Sadly they do this to us a lot.

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    United unchanged

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Ole mind games

  7. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    ALL START

  8. tiger
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    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    OMG Fernandes!

  9. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Manchester United unghanged.

  10. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone who dropped Bruno have no one to blame but themselves

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Barnes fail

  12. For Fuchs Sake
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Phew!! TC on Bruno..... COME ON!!!

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Good luck!

  13. ClassiX
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    CRYSTAL PALACE TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Leicester: Guaita, Ward, Cahill, Sakho, Van Aanholt, McArthur, Milivojevic, Riedewald, Ayew, Benteke, Zaha.
    Subs: Hennessey, Woods, Dann, Mitchell, Kouyate, Meyer, Townsend, McCarthy, Pierrick.

    LEICESTER TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Crystal Palace: Schmeichel, Justin, Soyuncu, Evans, Chilwell, Perez, Ndidi, Tielemans, Albrighton, Vardy, Iheanacho.
    Subs: Ward, Morgan, Fuchs, Bennett, Choudhury, Mendy, Praet, Gray, Barnes.

    BOURNEMOUTH TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Man Utd: Ramsdale, Rico, Kelly, Ake, Smith, Brooks, Lerma, L.Cook, Stanislas, Solanke, King.
    Subs: Boruc, Stacey, Mepham, Billing, Gosling, H. Wilson, Surman, Surridge, Danjuma.

    MAN UTD TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Bournemouth: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Matic, Pogba, Greenwood, Fernandes, Rashford, Martial
    Subs: Romero, Bailly, Williams, Fred, Pereira, McTominay, Mata, James, Ighalo

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Nacho starts again

  14. Bun Rab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    United same team.

  15. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    OMG scenes

  16. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    B-b-b-but Ole said there’s be rotation :(((((((

  17. GuillermoDickero
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    United cannot afford to drop points so im unsurprised to see an unchanged lineup. Let's hope for this kind of consistency for the upcoming weeks!

  18. Sim Simma
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    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    ⚽ Team News 📰
    LEI: Schmeichel, Chilwell, Justin, Evans, Söyüncü, Tielemans, Ndidi, Pérez, Albrighton, Vardy, Iheanacho
    Subs: Ward, Fuchs, Morgan, Bennett, Barnes, Praet, Mendy, Choudhury, Gray

    CRY: Guaita, Ward, van Aanholt, Cahill, Sakho, Milivojevic, Ayew, McArthur, Riedewald, Zaha, Benteke
    Subs: Hennessey, Mitchell, Dann, Woods, Kouyaté, McCarthy, Townsend, Meyer, Pierrick

    MUN: de Gea, Shaw, Maguire, Lindelöf, Wan-Bissaka, Rashford, Pogba, Matic, Greenwood, Fernandes, Martial
    Subs: Romero, Williams, Bailly, James, Mata, Pereira, Fred, McTominay, Ighalo

    BOU: Ramsdale, Rico, Adam Smith, Kelly, Aké, Brooks, Lewis Cook, Lerma, Stanislas, King, Solanke
    Subs: Boruc, Travers, Stacey, Surman, Harry Wilson, Billing, Gosling, Danjuma, Surridge

    1. Party time
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Ole just played Howe in his presser. Good for Howe

    2. Party time
        3 years, 9 months ago

        United put 10 past bournemouth please!

        1. For Fuchs Sake
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          with my TC Bruno getting all 10 🙂

      • Champ
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Scorecast for Utd game?

        3-0

        1. El-Kloppico
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          If New can score 4, i would guess 4 is the minimum

      • Srv210
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Hold Brighton ....hooooold

      • Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Ricooooooo, he’s alive!

      • Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Greenwood benched again for me... Haul inbound 🙁

        1. The Rock
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Why bench him?

        2. Herman Toothrot
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Why would you bench him

      • Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Connolly fail

      • Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Wow Bournemouth’s defence is terrible

        1. The Ejiptian King
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          And their forward line is better?

          1. Ask Yourself
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Don’t get snappy with me

      • Garlana
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yes Greenwood!

      • The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Rico to punish sellers.

      • Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Omg Rico!

      • AC Yew
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Greenwood starts yes!!!@!

      • Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Wonder what % of live teams own all 3 of Bruno/Martial/Rashford?

        1. Teror
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I do

        2. Forza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          13.23% of the top 10k

        3. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          0/